January 2013 MEP Update Meeting
On January 29 – 30, 2013 NIST MEP will host the January Update Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri. This will meeting will be held at the St Louis Union Station – a DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel.
St. Louis Union Station DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel
1820 Market Street
One Union Station
St. Louis, Missouri 63103
The meeting will begin at 1:00 pm on Tuesday the 29th and end by 2:30 pm on Wednesday the 30th. Some of the planned topics include:
2012 Year in Review
Strategy and objectives for 2013
MEP program and policy changes
CEO engagement and market penetration
Building an innovation practice
Rooms may be reserved at the St. Louis Union Station at a price of $104/night. To reserve your hotel room online please click here. Once on the website select your arrival and departure date and the Group/Convention Code will automatically populate to say “January Update Meeting”. To place reservations by phone please call 855-271-3620 and reference “January Update Meeting”. You must reference the room block in order to receive the discounted rate.
Stay tuned for additional details including meeting agenda and event registration. Any questions related to the January MEP Update Meeting, please contact Kari Reidy at kari.reidy@nist.gov or 301-975-4919.
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Baldrige Executive Fellows Program
Learn Directly from Award Winning Senior Leaders
The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program is accepting applications for its 2013 Executive Fellows Program. The year-long program features quarterly visits to Baldrige award recipient facilities (such as Ritz-Carlton and Cargill ), virtual sessions, an opportunity to interact with Baldrige award recipients, including small and large manufacturing recipients.
Aspiring executives learn directly from each other as well from senior executives of Baldrige Award winning organizations, including small manufacturers such as Mesa Products, Stoner, and PRO-TEC Coating Company who have used the Baldrige model to increase sales, reduce costs, and improve employee and customer satisfaction. Participants learn the practices that led the Baldrige winners to their breakthrough performance and apply the learnings to their own organizations via a capstone project. Limited program size of 12-15 executives facilitates networking and peer learning. Past participants include executives from Sara Lee, UPS, and Dow Chemical. Learn more about this unique, real-world executive development program and see if it might be of interest to your clients.
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MEP in the NEWS
Manufacturing Key for Rebound of Georgia Economy Chris Downing, Center Director of Georgia's MEP center at Georgia Tech, comments on the work of the center and the contributions made by small and medium sized manufacturers... Read Article
Enterprise Minnesota was cited in two recent articles. The first article covers a Chamber of Commerce Awards Celebration at which center director, Bob Kill, was a speaker. The second story involves the relocation of Taylor- Wharton's headquarts to Minnesota with an expected 40 jobs; Bob Kill is quoted about positive impacts it could signal.
Display Showcases What Montanans Can Make MEP's Clara Asmail reflects on all the showcase of products made in Montana and the work of SBIR during the Montana Manufacturing Extension Center's Compete Smart event... Read Article
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Upcoming Events of Interest
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Innovation Engineering Leadership Institute Upcoming Dates
November 12-14, 2012
The Innovation Engineering Leadership Institute is a 2 1/2 day program that teaches leaders and teams from companies and organizations to increase speed and decrease risk with innovations. This training will provide attendees with the knowledge to increase their company / organization’s capacity to innovate by learning ways to create, communicate and commercialize meaningfully unique ideas. You will learn the Innovation Engineering System and will apply what you’ve learned to your own business or organization with the help of Innovation Engineering coaches.
Registration link
Location: Blue Bell, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia area)
For more information, contact Kari Reidy at kari.reidy@nist.gov | 301-975-4919
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Toyota Kata Webinar - What does Success Look Like?
November 14, 2012 at 2pm Eastern
Begin to understand that Toyota Kata is about changing habits and proper habits are the key to PDCAs or Fail Fast & Fail Cheap Hear how Toyota Kata is being utilized to affect successful and sustained continuous improvement and transform cultures Learn about an upcoming Toyota Kata Summit featuring Mike Rother, author of the book, “Toyota Kata”
Webinar Link
Call in Number: 1-866-469-3239
Meeting Code: 433 203 624
Meeting Password: mep
Contact: Brian Lagas at Brian.Lagas@nist.gov, 301-975-5043
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New and Current MEP Center Board Members
Tuesday November 27, 2012 at 3 p.m. EST, Webinar Link
Meeting Number: 739 334 553
Meeting Password: mep
The agenda will include
• Overview of NIST MEP
• How We Work
• Program Performance and Evaluation
• Role of Boards within an MEP Center
• 2012 Manufacturing Innovation Summary
Contact: Mellissa Ayala at mellissa.ayala@nist.gov , 301-975-5771 for more details.
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Reshoring Webinar
November 29, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.
MEP and the reshoring initiative are collaborating to host a reshoring webinar that will demonstration of the use of the Total Cost of Ownership tool. To register please contact Samm Bowman.
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"Make it in America" Manufacturer of the Week!
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Lifeloc Technologies, a client of CAMT located in Wheat Ridge, CO, is the Make it in America Manufacturer of the Week! More than 35,000 Lifeloc breathalyzers are used globally by law enforcement officials, health care providers, schools, and corrections officers. Visit the NIST MEP public site to learn more about this company and how the center is helping them grow.
For more information about NIST MEP's "Make it in America" Manufacturer of the Week, please contact Karen Lellock (karen.lellock@nist.gov | 301-975-4269).
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